Patents by Inventor Masayuki Sakumoto

Masayuki Sakumoto has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9758126
    Abstract: A vehicle child safety seat includes: a seat main body on which an occupant sits; a seat belt for restraining the occupant to the seat main body, the seat belt including a shoulder harness having a long belt shape and facing a shoulder of the occupant; and a shoulder pad including a hold member formed of a material having a flexibility into an elongated shape and placed between the shoulder of the occupant and the shoulder harness along a longitudinal direction of the shoulder harness, attached to the shoulder harness slidably in the longitudinal direction, and including a plurality of hard members formed of a material harder than the hold member and provided side by side at intervals therebetween in a longitudinal direction of the hold member, the plurality of hard members being attached to a shoulder-harness-side surface of the hold member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TAKATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsu Mitsuo, Osamu Nakagawa, Masayuki Sakumoto
  • Patent number: 9649955
    Abstract: Vehicle child safety seat including: a seat main body on which an occupant sits; a seat belt for restraining the occupant to the seat main body, the seat belt including a shoulder harness having a belt shape and facing a shoulder of the occupant; a harness cover formed in an elongated pouch shape and slidably attached to the shoulder harness in a longitudinal direction such that the shoulder harness is passed through paired insertion holes formed on respective end portions of the harness cover in the longitudinal direction; and a shoulder pad formed in an elongated shape, accommodated in the harness cover, placed between the shoulder and the shoulder harness along the longitudinal direction of the shoulder harness, and including paired connection portions provided on respective end portions of the shoulder pad in the longitudinal direction so as to be connected to the shoulder harness slidably in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TAKATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsu Mitsuo, Osamu Nakagawa, Masayuki Sakumoto
  • Patent number: 9610866
    Abstract: A vehicle child safety seat includes: a seat main body on which an occupant sits; a seat belt for restraining the occupant to the seat main body, the seat belt including a shoulder harness having a long belt shape and facing a shoulder of the occupant; a shoulder pad placed between the shoulder of the occupant and the shoulder harness; and a harness cover formed in a pouch shape, having paired insertion holes through which the shoulder harness is passed so that the harness cover is attached to the shoulder harness, accommodating the shoulder pad therein, and having an opening so that the shoulder pad is put in and out via the opening in a state where the harness cover is attached to the shoulder harness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsu Mitsuo, Yukihiro Yukita, Osamu Nakagawa, Masayuki Sakumoto
  • Publication number: 20150314711
    Abstract: A vehicle child safety seat includes: a seat main body on which an occupant sits; a seat belt for restraining the occupant to the seat main body, the seat belt including a shoulder harness having a long belt shape and facing a shoulder of the occupant; a shoulder pad placed between the shoulder of the occupant and the shoulder harness; and a harness cover formed in a pouch shape, having paired insertion holes through which the shoulder harness is passed so that the harness cover is attached to the shoulder harness, accommodating the shoulder pad therein, and having an opening so that the shoulder pad is put in and out via the opening in a state where the harness cover is attached to the shoulder harness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicants: TAKATA CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsu MITSUO, Yukihiro YUKITA, Osamu NAKAGAWA, Masayuki SAKUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150298647
    Abstract: A vehicle child safety seat includes: a seat main body on which an occupant sits; a seat belt for restraining the occupant to the seat main body, the seat belt including a shoulder harness having a long belt shape and facing a shoulder of the occupant; and a shoulder pad including a hold member formed of a material having a flexibility into an elongated shape and placed between the shoulder of the occupant and the shoulder harness along a longitudinal direction of the shoulder harness, attached to the shoulder harness slidably in the longitudinal direction, and including a plurality of hard members formed of a material harder than the hold member and provided side by side at intervals therebetween in a longitudinal direction of the hold member, the plurality of hard members being attached to a shoulder-harness-side surface of the hold member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Takata Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsu MITSUO, Osamu NAKAGAWA, Masayuki SAKUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150291064
    Abstract: Vehicle child safety seat including: a seat main body on which an occupant sits; a seat belt for restraining the occupant to the seat main body, the seat belt including a shoulder harness having a belt shape and facing a shoulder of the occupant; a harness cover formed in an elongated pouch shape and slidably attached to the shoulder harness in a longitudinal direction such that the shoulder harness is passed through paired insertion holes formed on respective end portions of the harness cover in the longitudinal direction; and a shoulder pad formed in an elongated shape, accommodated in the harness cover, placed between the shoulder and the shoulder harness along the longitudinal direction of the shoulder harness, and including paired connection portions provided on respective end portions of the shoulder pad in the longitudinal direction so as to be connected to the shoulder harness slidably in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicants: TAKATA CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsu MITSUO, Osamu NAKAGAWA, Masayuki SAKUMOTO
  • Patent number: 7387336
    Abstract: A child seat includes a main body having a seat portion and a backrest portion with a hole therein, a sliding member disposed at the backrest portion to cover the hole and having webbing inserting holes, and a guide rail mounted vertically on a rear side of the main body. A movable body is attached to the sliding member to move along the guide rail. The movable body is disposed on the rear side to be operable from a side of the backrest portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Takata Corporation
    Inventor: Masayuki Sakumoto
  • Patent number: 7322648
    Abstract: A child seat is constructed such that when the child seat is set facing the rear of the car on a car seat, the child seat is securely fixed on the seat. A handle surrounding the front of a sitting occupant is provided in a seat back portion of the child seat, and a tether extends from the handle. When the child seat is set on a car seat so that it faces the rear of the car, the tether is pulled toward the rear of the car. A hook on the tip portion of the tether is latched onto a tether anchor of the car behind the car seat, and the rear panel and the handle are joined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Takata Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Nakagawa, Masayuki Sakumoto
  • Patent number: 7270373
    Abstract: A child car seat includes a seat body, in which a child sits, and a base for supporting the seat body, such that the seat body is tiltable in a reclining direction. When forward force larger than a predetermined level is applied to a weight from deceleration larger than a predetermined level generated by a frontal collision of a vehicle or the like, the seat body is operable to move in an upright direction. The child car seat has no possibility to damage a latch mechanism while the child car seat is mounted on a car seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Takata Corporation
    Inventor: Masayuki Sakumoto
  • Publication number: 20070080568
    Abstract: A child seat is constructed such that when the child seat is set facing the rear of the car on a car seat, the child seat is securely fixed on the seat. A handle surrounding the front of a sitting occupant is provided in a seat back portion of the child seat, and a tether extends from the handle. When the child seat is set on a car seat so that it faces the rear of the car, the tether is pulled toward the rear of the car. A hook on the tip portion of the tether is latched onto a tether anchor of the car behind the car seat, and the rear panel and the handle are joined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: TAKATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Nakagawa, Masayuki Sakumoto
  • Publication number: 20070068282
    Abstract: A belt tension detecting apparatus and a child seat provided with the belt tension detecting apparatus. A tension indicator includes a roller arranged on a belt at a midsection in the direction of extension thereof, a case accommodating the roller so as to be capable of rotating in the belt retracting direction and in the belt withdrawing direction, and a spring which urges the roller in the belt retracting direction. The roller includes a slit through which the belt passes. When a tension equal to or larger than a predetermined value is applied to the belt, a different color portion is seen through a window to indicate that the roller is rotated in the belt withdrawing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: TAKATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Nakagawa, Masayuki Sakumoto, Hirokazu Kanbayashi, Hideki Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20070046086
    Abstract: A child car seat includes a seat body, in which a child sits, and a base for supporting the seat body, such that the seat body is tiltable in a reclining direction. When forward force larger than a predetermined level is applied to a weight from deceleration larger than a predetermined level generated by a frontal collision of a vehicle or the like, the seat body is operable to move in an upright direction. The child car seat has no possibility to damage a latch mechanism while the child car seat is mounted on a car seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: TAKATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masayuki Sakumoto
  • Publication number: 20070040428
    Abstract: A child seat includes a main body having a seat portion and a backrest portion with a hole therein, a sliding member disposed at the backrest portion to cover the hole and having webbing inserting holes, and a guide rail mounted vertically on a rear side of the main body. A movable body is attached to the sliding member to move along the guide rail. The movable body is disposed on the rear side to be operable from a side of the backrest portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Applicant: TAKATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masayuki Sakumoto